September 15, 2021 If you’re heading back into the office more frequently, we know it can be hard to keep up with your fitness goals and routines. Whether you’ve only got 5 minutes between meetings or an hour-long lunch break, there are plenty of features on your Garmin smartwatch or in Garmin Connect™ that can help you stay fit. Move Alert It’s easy to sit at a desk all day, so turn the move alert […]

Photo: Javad GNSS Javad GNSS has launched a new field receiver based on the technology implemented in its Triumph-3 chip, which was introduced in May. The MCAnt-3S receiver hosts 874 GNSS signal channels, allowing it to track all current and future GNSS signals. It can be mounted on flat surfaces with four screws or mounted on standard poles. MCAnt-3S combines the receiver with a high-performance GNSS antenna in a compact and robust housing that is […]

September 14, 2021 By Mirna Valerio Running is the way that I prefer to move on a trail. I get to see a little bit more, the movement feels just right for my body, and I get to connect with myself, the trees, the skies, the ground beneath me and the animals all around me. There are no hard and fast rules for getting into trail running, but if I may, here is my personal […]

Under a new agreement, Lidar USA — a developer of geomatics solutions — will include Hesai Technology Co. Ltd., 3D lidar sensors in its product lineup. Hesai Technology announced the agreement at the Commercial UAV Expo 2021 in Las Vegas, Sept. 7-9. The Pandar128 lidar unit. (Photo: Hesai) Under the terms of the agreement, Lidar USA will leverage its marketing and sales expertise to distribute Hesai sensors across the United States, Canada and Mexico. “Hesai’s […]

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Orolia has been awarded €70 million in two contracts to provide atomic clocks for the first 12 satellites of the Galileo Second Generation System (G2S). The first was from the European Space Agency (ESA) and the second from Leonardo. Each of the new G2S satellites, designed to provide unprecedented accuracy worldwide, will contain three Orolia Rubidium Atomic Frequency Standards (RAFS) and two Orolia atomic clock physics packages integrated with Leonardo’s Passive Hydrogen Masers (PHM). “We […]

September 7, 2021 For the 18th year in a row, Aviation International News (AIN) has dubbed Garmin the Overall Average leader in the Flight Deck Avionics segment in the AIN 2021 Product Support Survey. Garmin also received top rankings in every category of the survey, which are: Cost Per Hour Programs, Parts Availability, Cost of Parts, AOG Response, Warranty Fulfillment, Technical Manuals, Technical Reps and Overall Avionics Reliability. AIN’s annual Product Support Survey is based […]

Northrop Grumman and Martin UAV (a Shield AI company) have completed successful flight testing of a V-BAT unmanned aircraft system (UAS) with new features including GPS-denied navigation and target designation capabilities. The enhanced V-BAT’s flexible vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capability is based on a platform deployed to address the U.S. Army’s Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FTUAS) mission. For FTUAS, the U.S. Army is seeking a rapidly deployable, GPS-denied navigation-capable, expeditionary VTOL system capable of […]

September 8, 2021 Who doesn’t love bikepacking? The adventure of just you and your bike, out in the wilderness, discovering new places. For Katie and Andrew Strempke, this is a way of life. But with races and events being canceled due to the pandemic, they wanted to do something different. This is their story about being the first bikepackers to “yo-yo” the Colorado Trail — 539 miles each way, with some required hiking, in just […]

Maxtena has introduced a new multi-frequency antenna shaped for high-precision applications featuring L-band corrections. The design will offer simultaneous GNSS reception on L1: GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou, L2: GPS L2C, Galileo E5B, and GLONASS L3OC, and L5: GPS + L-band corrections in a rugged, compact, and ultra-lightweight form factor. The antenna is well suited for high precision applications. The M9HCT-A-SMA is a great fit for the UAV markets, where high performance and low weight are […]